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Federal Judges are appointed for life, Circuit Judges are elected to office for a 6 year term. This could vary by state.
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Who cares, Judges are supposed to be unbiased. Look at the the judges ruling record if it is available instead of political affiliation
they were john partridge, charlotte church and sheila hancock:)
midnight judges
The term midnight judges is a derogatory Republican term referring to Federalist judges appointed at the last minute by President Adams. The new judges were known as the Midnight Judges because Adams was said to be signing their appointments at midnight prior to President Thomas Jefferson's inauguration.
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appointing loyal Republican judges. Jefferson believed that the Federalist judges appointed by previous administrations were biased and needed to be replaced with judges who shared his political ideology. This allowed him to exert greater influence over the judiciary and ensure that his policies aligned with Republican principles.
Thomas Jefferson wanted Democratic Republican judges and not Federalist judges.
What are federal judges appointed for?
Judges are appointed to judge legal actions.
The midnight appointments were last-minute judges appointed by Adams when it was clear he wasn't going to get re-elected. All of the judges were Federalists with the same views and Adams. He did this because Thomas Jefferson was completly anti-federalist.
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Judges in Canada are appointed and not elected.
Appointed
supreme court justices are appointed by the president' state judges are either elected or appointed by the governor